PEPFAR's annual planning process is done either at the country (COP) or regional level (ROP).
PEPFAR's programs are implemented through implementing partners who apply for funding based on PEPFAR's published Requests for Applications.
Since 2010, PEPFAR COPs have grouped implementing partners according to an organizational type. We have retroactively applied these classifications to earlier years in the database as well.
Also called "Strategic Areas", these are general areas of HIV programming. Each program area has several corresponding budget codes.
Specific areas of HIV programming. Budget Codes are the lowest level of spending data available.
Expenditure Program Areas track general areas of PEPFAR expenditure.
Expenditure Sub-Program Areas track more specific PEPFAR expenditures.
Object classes provide highly specific ways that implementing partners are spending PEPFAR funds on programming.
Cross-cutting attributions are areas of PEPFAR programming that contribute across several program areas. They contain limited indicative information related to aspects such as human resources, health infrastructure, or key populations programming. However, they represent only a small proportion of the total funds that PEPFAR allocates through the COP process. Additionally, they have changed significantly over the years. As such, analysis and interpretation of these data should be approached carefully. Learn more
Beneficiary Expenditure data identify how PEPFAR programming is targeted at reaching different populations.
Sub-Beneficiary Expenditure data highlight more specific populations targeted for HIV prevention and treatment interventions.
PEPFAR sets targets using the Monitoring, Evaluation, and Reporting (MER) System - documentation for which can be found on PEPFAR's website at https://www.pepfar.gov/reports/guidance/. As with most data on this website, the targets here have been extracted from the COP documents. Targets are for the fiscal year following each COP year, such that selecting 2016 will access targets for FY2017. This feature is currently experimental and should be used for exploratory purposes only at present.
Years of mechanism: 2008 2009
This activity is a continuation from FY 2008 and has not been updated.
AVSI's strategic approach is as follows: a) to focus on the child as a unique and unrepeatable human being,
endowed with dignity and potential; b) to follow a bottom-up approach in identification of beneficiaries and
choice of delivery of the support; c) to ensure that every child supported is cared for by an adult; either in
the family or by someone in the community or of a CBO; and d) to rely on and to enhance the operational
capacity of the CBOs through close and continuous working relations between AVSI personnel and her
partners through an operational and stable network. The objectives of AVSI's OVC Program are as follows:
To strengthen the coping capabilities of OVC and their families (natural or foster) and communities affected
by HIV/AIDS; To support education and skills training for OVC; To improve health status and care for OVC;
To address the psychosocial needs of OVC; To support community-based relief for OVC; To enhance the
capacity of AVSI's current and prospective local partners; To integrate and harmonize the OVC focused
intervention with other HIV/AIDS and poverty reduction initiatives on the ground. AVSI provides support to
OVC in the following core program areas: education, health care, psychosocial support, food/nutrition,
shelter/care and economic strengthening.
AVSI considers education an important tool to overcoming vulnerability. We shall therefore put emphasis on
supporting children in school and its related activities like provision of health care, psychosocial support,
food/nutrition, shelter/care, economic strengthening, remedial classes, recreational activities as well as
other requirements needed to attend school. For our project, we guarantee health care access to all
children supported, which means the 6301 children to be supported in FY 2009 will receive health care
whenever they may need it. AVSI will support 5,477 children with school fees for Nursery, Primary and
Secondary education and 593 in vocational institutes. For these children to go to school, they will need
scholastic materials like; uniform, books, pens, shoes, etc which will be provided to 3,735 most needy
children during the year. AVSI partners have realized that some of our children have difficulty in learning;
they have therefore organized remedial classes for 282 so as to help them cope with their study. Among
children that AVSI supports, some have got nutritional needs, because they are on ARV Therapy while
others live in households, who are food insecure. This problem has been escalated by the rising global food
prices. AVSI has therefore planned to support the identified 2,443 children with nutrition/food assistance to
save them from the possibility of starvation. Our experience in working with OVC has provided a lesson of
the need for Guided Recreational/Cultural Activities like picnics, get-together parties and tournaments.
Therefore; this financial year AVSI plans to have 11,774 children benefiting from this activity. Moreover;
follow up visits to the homes of the OVC to get to know their families and share experiences with the
children and their caregivers have been arranged. AVSI and our partners' social workers will visit total of
13,901 homes this financial year. There will also be 15,266 school visits to interact with the teachers and
administrators of the schools, where our OVC attend. AVSI partners have planned to have 14,819 visits
from children and their guardians to their respective offices. Some OVC enrolled on our program have no
possibility of meeting basic material assistance like: beddings, clothing, sanitary towels and household
utensils as well as housing.
AVSI will serve a total of 1,570 children with material support and 164 with housing. Among supplemental
direct to be supported by AVSI FY 2009 will be, needy OVC from the community, who will benefit from
activities mentioned above (i.e. school fees, requirements for school, remedial classes, food/nutrition,
material assistance, housing, recreational/ outing, economic strengthening as well as benefiting from the
support to Education) that will be given to the learning institutions they attend. Besides direct support, AVSI
intends to capacity build caregivers and partner organizations. This financial year, we will hold 14
workshops and trainings on a variety of topics related to education, value of life-tailored towards
encouraging VCT of OVC, Income Generating Activities-for sustainability and Nutrition for a total of 351
beneficiaries. In addition, we will continue strengthening the organizational and financial management
capacities of the 40 partner organizations, through regular follow up visits and tailor made trainings
whenever necessary. AVSI recognizes that OVC do not live in a vacuum and for this reason, indirect
activities for families and communities within where OVC live, have been planned. Business Training which
will benefit a total of 2,292 OVC, Income Generating Activities for 3,109 children, Community Sensitizations
on: HIV/AIDS, Responsible parenting, family building process, etc for 10,698 contacts, Community Projects
like: adult literacy, rehabilitation of houses for the poor, and construction of pit latrines for 1,912
beneficiaries as well as the rehabilitation of schools and provision of learning materials and equipment to
study-institutions of our children, where also 7,682 non AVSI-USAID children attend. In addition to AVSI-
OVC data base, which can give all information about number of OVC served and activities given to each
one of them with a unique identifier, AVSI can also report data on the OVC-Supplemental served and the
various activities given to them. The data collection tool used is similar to the one for the coded OVC only
that the names of the beneficiaries are not pre-determined from AVSI-OVC database. There is absolutely,
no possibility of double counting the serviced beneficiaries. In line with the view that OVC may have multiple
vulnerabilities; we shall promote and encourage our partners to give a comprehensive package of services
to the OVC. We shall confirm adherence to this through our standardized instrument for collecting data at
the Service Outlet (i.e. the CBOs, NGOs, FBOs, and schools), where our children receive the service.
Through linkages and referrals, our partners will give a comprehensive package in instances where the
AVSI-USAID resources may not be sufficient. The services moreover; will be according to the assessed
vulnerability of each child and support will follow an individualized plan. The plan will be made considering
the age and family background of the child. Collaboration and coordination with national and district OVC
fora will be ensured by participation of AVSI staff and local partners' staff to all coordination meetings held
at national and district level. Moreover; we shall travel to all our 40 partners in Uganda and help them
deepen their understanding so as implement activities in accordance with the National Orphans and Other
Vulnerable Children-policy.
In FY 2009, we shall continue with the work on implementing an exit strategy from the OVC Project as well
as ensuring sustainability of the support to children under the increased access to care and support to
orphans and other vulnerable children. AVSI does not offer Voluntary Counseling and Testing Services as
well as palliative care but will link and refer her beneficiaries to Organizations and institutions that offer the
service. We are currently working on a countrywide mapping of these Organizations/Institutions/Hospitals,
which we shall give to our partners. In FY 2009, we shall implement activities in districts of: Butaleja,
Dokolo, Gulu, Hoima, Jinja, Kampala, Kamuli, Kibaale, Kitgum, Lira, Luwero, Masaka, Masindi, Mpigi,
Activity Narrative: Mukono, Nebbi, Tororo, Wakiso, Busenyi, Busia, Iganga, Kiruhura and Fort Portal.
New/Continuing Activity: Continuing Activity
Continuing Activity: 14182
Continued Associated Activity Information
Activity Activity ID USG Agency Prime Partner Mechanism Mechanism ID Mechanism Planned Funds
System ID System ID
14182 4008.08 U.S. Agency for Associazione 6728 1118.08 Increased $780,719
International Volontari per il access and care
Development Servizio for OVC in great
Internazionale
lakes region
(AVSI OVC
Track 1)
8407 4008.07 U.S. Agency for Associazione 4826 1118.07 OVC Track $1,169,125
International Volontari per il 1/Round 2
Development Servizio
4008 4008.06 U.S. Agency for Associazione 3168 1118.06 OVC Track $1,117,099
Emphasis Areas
Health-related Wraparound Programs
* Child Survival Activities
Human Capacity Development
Public Health Evaluation
Food and Nutrition: Policy, Tools, and Service Delivery
Food and Nutrition: Commodities
Economic Strengthening
Estimated amount of funding that is planned for Economic Strengthening $50,000
Education
Water
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